10KM

I posted previously how passionate I was with biking and how it was the form of exercise that I can tolerate. However, ever since my accident, I haven't had the courage to get back on my bike. But since my body has been craving some sort of exercise (not to mention I had to huff and puff just climbing 3 flights of stairs), I resorted to walking. 

It's my second day and I already increased my distance. From yesterday's 2.7km, I was able to increase it to 3.62km today. My goal is to be able to walk 10km. From there, maybe I can move to jogging or running. I also increased my time from 30 mins to 45 mins. I want to walk at least for an hour. Good thing our neighborhood has open spaces and wide streets. Moreover, I walk early in the morning so less people and cars about. I have my Kpop playlist to keep my company. Though I might have to make a new one as I realized I put in too much ballads which makes me walk slower. .

I loved it when I started sweating. It's as if the toxins and negativity were also flowing out. Somehow, it's easier for my to start me workday even if I'm WFH. I found myself more energized and it a better frame of mind to cope with the stress and the issues that I encounter throughout the day. I hope I can continue this for 21 days so I can make it into a habit. 

Endless Wake-up Call

I posted something about my wake-up call five years ago. I somehow succeeding in waking up. I lost some excess weight and ate healthier. However, the stress just got to me and since I'm an emotional eater, I gained back the pounds that I lost.

A couple of months ago. I got a trainer to help me lose the weight. It was fine for awhile but my fitness instructor prompted me to go to the doctor when I've been experiencing dizzy spells during our work-out. At first I thought it was because of the food that I ate or the gym but even if we addressed those factors, the dizziness won't go away and it was so frustrating for the both of us as I could not push myself as much as I would want. I've worked out in the past and this was the first time that it happened.

On Friday last week, I went to the doctor who prescribed me to have a stress test and blood test. The stress test revealed negative but when I saw the blood test, I just deflated.

In my 2005 wake-up call, it was my cholesterol, triglycerides and uric acid levels that were beyond the normal levels. In this blood test, there were more findings. Though the cholesterol and sugar levels are normal, my triglycerides and uric acid levels are high and my HIBA1C level (related to sugar) are a bit over the normal range. However, it was not that that caused my dizziness. A complete blood count showed that my hemoglobin levels were low. Hemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in our red blood cells (thank you Wikipedia). In layman terms, it means that the oxygen in my blood is low. Basically, I have iron deficiency anemia.

What adds to the frustration is that the food that I can eat contradicts each other. For my anemia, friends have advised me to eat liver; but then that's a big no-no for my uric; for the cholesterol, I should eat oatmeal and veggies but then oatmeal is not good for my uric and there are some veggies that have high purine content. And the list just goes on and on.

I hope to see my doctor this weekend so I can really know what to do. I'm just lost right now and I miss my exercise. I really want to lose weight and be healthy again!